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A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

by John George Nicolay

John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive biography of Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln, a Biography.” Although this is a condensation by Nicolay of that biography, it is still a sizable work and a fairly thorough treatment of the life of the 16th president of the United States. Summary by John Lieder.

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• 01 – Chapter I – 00:36:49
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  Read by: John Lieder
• 02 – Chapter II – 00:37:13
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  Read by: John Lieder
• 03 – Chapter III – 00:18:37
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  Read by: Leon Mire
• 04 – Chapter IV – 00:23:15
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  Read by: Leon Mire
• 05 – Chapter V – 00:25:37
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  Read by: Rob Powell
• 06 – Chapter VI – 00:31:00
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  Read by: Rob Powell
• 07 – Chapter VII – 00:26:14
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  Read by: Ernst Schnell
• 08 – Chapter VIII – 00:17:27
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  Read by: Laurie Anne Walden
• 09 – Chapter IX – 00:36:38
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  Read by: John Lieder
• 10 – Chapter X – 00:29:54
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  Read by: Ernst Schnell
• 11 – Chapter XI – 00:18:20
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  Read by: Alana Jordan
• 12 – Chapter XII – 00:29:48
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• 13 – Chapter XIII – 00:32:16
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  Read by: Allyson Hester
• 14 – Chapter XIV – 00:30:30
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• 15 – Chapter XV – 00:26:06
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• 16 – Chapter XVI – 00:28:36
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• 17 – Chapter XVII – 00:27:43
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• 18 – Chapter XVIII – 00:33:52
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• 19 – Chapter XIX – 00:30:09
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• 20 – Chapter XX – 00:23:31
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• 21 – Chapter XXI – 00:33:02
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• 22 – Chapter XXII – 00:30:01
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• 23 – Chapter XXIII – 00:27:27
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  Read by: Alana Jordan
• 24 – Chapter XXIV – 00:34:50
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• 25 – Chapter XXV – 00:30:01
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• 26 – Chapter XXVI – 00:30:47
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• 27 – Chapter XXVII – 00:27:13
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• 28 – Chapter XXVIII – 00:20:52
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  Read by: Laurie Anne Walden
• 29 – Chapter XXIX – 00:27:09
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• 30 – Chapter XXX – 00:39:12
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  Read by: Alana Jordan
• 31 – Chapter XXXI – 00:31:01
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• 32 – Chapter XXXII – 00:37:16
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• 33 – Chapter XXXIII – 00:33:18
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• 34 – Chapter XXXIV – 00:25:47
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• 35 – Chapter XXXV – 00:41:29
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  Read by: John Lieder
• 36 – Chapter XXXVI – 00:20:51
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  Read by: Laura Caldwell
• 37 – Chapter XXXVII – 00:38:05
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  Read by: Alana Jordan
• 38 – Chapter XXXVIII – 00:16:24
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Cataloged on September 16, 2008